Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra
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The Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra (SLSYO) is an orchestra for musicians between the ages of 12 and 22, and is the young people's version of the prestigious Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO). The orchestra was founded in 1970 by Leonard Slatkin when he was assistant conductor of the SLSO. Slatkin would later be the conductor and music director of the SLSO. The assistant conductor of the SLSO acts as the music director of the SLSYO. Past SLSYO music directors have included Gerhardt Zimmermann, David Loebel, and David Amado.
Currently, Scott Parkman is the conductor of the SLSYO, which performs several concerts a year at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. Several of the SLSYO's past members have joined the SLSO in future years, including Mark Sparks (flute), Felicia Foland (bassoon), Rebecca Boyer Hall and Kristin Ahlstrom (violin) and Sarah Hogan (double bass).
